Re: [offtopic/plug] GUI Management

Michael Shigorin <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.terminal-server.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 12:12:22PM +0200, Jan Weber wrote:
> > That is why we leave all the distro modification to
> > ltsp-server-initialize script of the host distro
> Thanks CyberOrg for making this clear. Should have written this.

Ah.

> So my actual question was, does your distro have such a script
> and where does configuration for it take place?

Doesn't, in fact I've first heard of that.  Of course there's
another kind of the same functionality but it was clear from day
one that the crude hack's gonna be rewritten some day.

> Or is it on schedule to provide such a script?

Looking at ltsp-trunk/server/scripts/k12linux/ one.

> The idea is to guide the user with our GUI from installing of
> the server to configuration of clients.

Right now I just provide the pre-built ISO to minimize the hassle
but there's quite straightforward possibility to do it as an
addon too (what has already happened to Edubuntu 8.04).

> >What happens if I change the value in configuration file by
> >hand?  Would such change be noticed and propagated to XML
> >somewhat backup, or overwritten, or starting a configuration
> >state fork?
> The XML takes a timestamp of the last edit of the real config
> file, so if you change it manually the XML will be updated to
> fit the configuration, reverse same thing.

Good, thanks!

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